bujangmechanic

2 days before raya my mum sent me to the NTUC for the umpteenth time to buy 30 cents worth of daun pandan.

I must have been gone for less than 15 minutes. When I got back, I found pieces of windshield on my seat.

SOMEBODY KNOCKED DOWN MY BIKE AT THE PARKING LOT.

Thing is I was fasting so I couldn't beat up anyone. Some guy from the nearby bus stop came over to tell me he saw a pickup back into my bike. The uncle apparently picked the bike up so he thought the guy was going to wait for me. Next thing he knew the uncle had sped away.

Nice.

All I could do was ride back to my parking lot to inspect the damages.

The front windshield was gone.





As was the right side mirror. It must have dropped on the right side.



Huge scratch on the tank.



Even the rear seat was chipped. And I had just rewrapped it about a week ago!



It was late, almost buka time so I had to put off the repairs till the next day.

Luckily I had the necessary tools.



I had to unscrew the whole upper part and get rid of the broken pieces.





New double bubble windshield - $23.



New side mirrors - $30.



I managed to bargain with the LAB uncle to $50. Too tired to push for more discount.







I'm broke even before raya! Maybe my raya ang pows should be reduced to $2.....

Mah Motors Open House

Mah Motors is probably one of the biggest bikeshops in Singapore. They were having an open house so Suhaimi and I decided to drop by.

There was one thing that really caught my eye - cheap fullface helmets!!

I like red!





Don't you think it matches my bike?



The price on the display said $80. When we asked however, apparently only one row of the helmets were at that price. The red one I had my eye on was $130 after discount! Sigh.

For $80 I could get this.



I decided to think it over as we explored the rest of the open house. This bag I liked because it could hold a fullface helmet easily. Unfortunately it has little space to store anything else but hey, I could sure use it!



At about $90, it cost more than the $80 helmet though.

I also managed to psych Suhaimi into getting on the bike he intends to buy. Must psych him to add me as subrider....



In the end Suhaimi and I both ended up grabbing a helmet each. He wore his straight out of the shop.



I waited till I got home before gleefully unwrapping my new fullface helmet.



Now if only I had enough money left for a decent red raincoat....